Monday, 21 April 2014

Survation, Is too much of England run from London?

Is too much of England run from London? Public Back Regional Decision Making (Survation for Devolve Deliver)

In
new polling looking at the potential appetite for regional devolution
in England, 65% to 13% of the public agreed that “too much of England is
run from London” and the statement “London receives preferential
treatment over the rest of the UK” had a significant 70% agreement vs
16% for the opposing statement

The
public do not support a level of devolved power for England that
Scotland and Wales currently experience, but backed more economic powers
being delivered at a local or regional level by 50% to 33%. Local and
regional devolution of transport decisions was backed by 61% to 23%

The
Labour Party’s recent moves to discuss such devolution may find support
from a sceptical public of whom only 8% trusted Government ministers
over others for decisions about local service delivery. 40% told
Survation they were more likely (net) to vote for a party which promised
to devolve more power to their area vs. only 8% (net) less likely

Damian Lyons Lowe, Survation Chief Executive, said:

"These results show that a majority of the public are unhappy with
the degree to which power in the UK is centralised in London. Whilst
there is not support for full Scotland-style devolution in English
regions, there is clearly an appetite to see powers in many areas,
including transport, service delivery and even some economic powers,
wrested away from central government and handed over to more local
bodies. With a majority of Labour and Liberal Democrat voters saying
they would be more likely to support a party promising to devolve
powers, it seems that Ed Miliband has potential gains to make from his
increased focus on this area."

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